Reflections for

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov 17, 2013

Isaiah 65:17-25; Isaiah 12; (Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98;) 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

Living by the Word

Now and then

Isaiah 65:17-25; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

Oct 30, 2007 by Michael A. King

In the beyond, in the dream, on the mountaintop, in the joy made flesh—not in the flesh still longing—is where I want to dwell. I long to be in the “new heavens and a new earth” where “former things shall not be remembered or come to mind,” as Isaiah puts it. Give me that.

Features

The lion and the lamb

Jan 31, 2006 by Gordon Atkinson

The lion’s roar came out of the Age of Enlightenment. It was the roar of freedom. It was the roar of truth. It was the roar of the victor standing over the body of his vanquished foe. It was an angry roar, and the lion had good reason to be angry.

Living by the Word

One plot at a time

Luke 21:5-19

Nov 02, 2004 by Roberta Bondi

If I could tell when the end times were on their way by the number of wars, famines, earthquakes and plagues that are afflicting our world, I’d say, “Wow! Here they come!” The Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America—you name it, atrocities are taking place. Even in the United States of America, the home of the free, the hope of the huddled masses, the place where no one really has to go hungry, human-caused disaster is everywhere.

Living by the Word

Faith on idle

Sunday, November 18. 2 Thessalonians 3:6–13.

Oct 24, 2001 by Michael Battle

“For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right” (2 Thess. 3:11-13).

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